There was a vague look of trouble upon her face.
"I'm afraid you'll laugh at me," she began tentatively.
"Won't hurt you if I do," Quest replied.
"I can't help thinking of Macdougal," Lenora continued falteringly.

"He has never been recaptured, and I don't know whether he's dead or alive.

He had a perfect passion for jewels.

If he is alive, he would be desperate and would attempt anything." Quest smoked in silence for a moment.
"I guess the return of the jewels squelches the Macdougal theory," he remarked.

"He wouldn't be likely to part with the stuff when he'd once got his hands on it.